RJ and Ash met at Butterfield elementary school but it was not until high school that they started dating. Junior year at Glenbard South RJ's friend Channing wanted to take Ash's childhood friend Lauren to homecoming. Lauren agreed but only if her two favorite twins could tag along. In order to make this happen, Channing convinced his friends RJ and Russell (the best man) to join the party. RJ and Russell were deciding on which twin they should pair up with when RJ said, "I'll take the tall one" ....the rest is history.